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Champaign pedestrian plan

Champaign pedestrian plan. CHAMPAIGN CITY COUNCIL • STUDY SESSION • JULY 9, 2013. Council goals support creating a pedestrian plan. Council Goal 1: “Our City Fosters Quality of Life for All Citizens”. Increase parks, trails, and open space amenities.

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Champaign pedestrian plan

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  1. Champaign pedestrian plan CHAMPAIGN CITY COUNCIL • STUDY SESSION • JULY 9, 2013

  2. Council goals support creating a pedestrian plan Council Goal 1: “Our City Fosters Quality of Life for All Citizens” • Increase parks, trails, and open space amenities Council Goal 2: “Our City Provides First-Rate Services” • Aggressively address aging infrastructure • Continue to build complete streets • Support and respond to neighborhood needs Council Goal 5: “Our City is a Model for Environmental Sustainability” • Promote Champaign as a green community • Encourage the use of alternative modes of transportation Why develop a Pedestrian Plan?

  3. Disconnected pedestrian policies Implementation Oriented Vision Oriented Why develop a Pedestrian Plan?

  4. Everyone is a pedestrian every day Why develop a Pedestrian Plan?

  5. Developing a pedestrian plan Step 1: Best Practices Research • Determine how other communities plan for pedestrians Step 2: Existing Conditions Report • Assess Champaign’s pedestrian network at both the citywide scale and the neighborhood scale Step 3: Issue Identification • Identify issues with pedestrian facilities, street crossings, the connections between destinations, and factors that affect the network’s livability What are the steps in the planning process?

  6. Step 3: issue identification • Facilities • Crossings • Connections • Livability What are the steps in the planning process?

  7. Step 3: issue identification • Facilities • Crossings • Connections • Livability What are the steps in the planning process?

  8. Step 3: issue identification • Facilities • Crossings • Connections • Livability What are the steps in the planning process?

  9. Step 3: issue identification • Facilities • Crossings • Connections • Livability What are the steps in the planning process?

  10. Developing a pedestrian plan Step 1: Best Practices Research • Determine how other communities plan for pedestrians Step 2: Existing Conditions Report • Assess Champaign’s pedestrian network at both the citywide scale and the neighborhood scale Step 3: Issue Identification • Identify issues with pedestrian facilities, street crossings, the connections between destinations, and factors that affect the network’s livability Step 4: Strategy Development • Create a method for prioritizing pedestrian projects and policies What are the steps in the planning process?

  11. Pedestrian plan benefits • Streets will be easier to cross • Walking between destinations will be easier • Improved “transit-assisted walking” • Supports many recent plans • Pairs implementation with vision • Most importantly… • Pedestrian network will be more accommodating for all What are the intended outcomes of the Plan?

  12. Community survey • Available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/walkchampaign What are the opportunities for public involvement?

  13. Neighborhood walkabouts What are the opportunities for public involvement?

  14. Neighborhood walkabouts • 10-15 participants in each session • Participants will walk the route • groups of 2-4 • Participants a mixture of city staff, neighborhood residents, and members of interested groups • (e.g. C-U Public Health District) • Sessions will last approximately • 2 hours What are the opportunities for public involvement?

  15. Neighborhood walkabouts • July 16 • 1) Windsor and Galen • July 18 • 2) Campustown • July 23 • 3) South Downtown • Aug 1 • 4) North Prospect • Aug 6 • 5) Prospect and Bradley • Aug 8 • 6) Garden Hills • Aug 15 • 7) Douglass Park • Aug 20 • 8) Country Fair What are the opportunities for public involvement?

  16. Pedestrian Plan Website www.ci.champaign.il.us/walk What are the opportunities for public involvement?

  17. Pedestrian plan timeline 2013 2014 June July Sept Aug Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Strategy Development Drafting of plan; presentation to Plan Commission and City Council Issue Identification Discussions with partner agencies Existing Conditions Report (Walkabouts complete by end of August) When will the Pedestrian Plan be ready?

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